"centurion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɛnˈtjʊəɹ.i.ən/ [UK], /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹ.i.ən/ [UK], /-ɔːɹ.i.ən/ [UK], /sɛnˈtjʊɹ.i.ən/ [US], /sɛnˈtʊɹ.i.ən/ [US], /-ɚ.i.ən/ [US] Audio: en-au-centurion.ogg Forms: centurions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English centurioun, from Latin centuriō, centuriōnis (“a commander of a hundred, centurion”), from Latin centum (“a hundred”). Displaced native English hundreder and hundredman, from Middle English hundredman, from Old English hundredmann (“centurion”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃enh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|centurioun}} Middle English centurioun, {{der|en|la|centuriō|centuriō, centuriōnis|t=a commander of a hundred, centurion}} Latin centuriō, centuriōnis (“a commander of a hundred, centurion”), {{der|en|la|centum|t=a hundred}} Latin centum (“a hundred”), {{cog|en|hundreder}} English hundreder, {{cog|enm|hundredman}} Middle English hundredman, {{cog|ang|hundredmann|t=centurion}} Old English hundredmann (“centurion”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} centurion (plural centurions)
  1. (historical) An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-centurion-en-noun-3GQZPviT
  2. (cricket) A player who scores a century. Translations (cricket: player who scores a century): শতকধারী (śotokdhari) (Bengali)
    Sense id: en-centurion-en-noun-YJZy3o7n Categories (other): Cricket, People Disambiguation of People: 0 57 43 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'cricket: player who scores a century': 15 66 19
  3. (US) A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed one hundred night landings on an aircraft carrier. Tags: US Synonyms (an officer commanding one hundred or so men): centenier, centenary [obsolete], hundreder, hundredman
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: centurion's staff, centurion syndrome Related terms: century Translations (commander of a century of soldiers): 𐕇𐕒𐕍𐕈𐔰𐕙𐔰𐔺𐔱𐕈𐔿𐔼 (x̣oq̇åaraybån'i) (Aghwan), ἑκατοντάρχης (hekatontárkhēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), κεντυρίων (kenturíōn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ἑκατόνταρχος (hekatóntarkhos) (Ancient Greek), سينتوريون [masculine] (Arabic), ցենտուրիոն (cʻenturion) (Armenian), հարյուրապետ (haryurapet) (Armenian), centurió [masculine] (Catalan), 百夫長 /百夫长 (bǎifūzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), centurio [masculine] (Czech), setník [masculine] (Czech), honderdman [masculine] (Dutch), centurio [masculine] (Dutch), centurion [masculine] (Dutch), centestro (Esperanto), sadanpäämies (Finnish), kenturio (Finnish), centurion [masculine] (French), Centurio [masculine] (German), Zenturio [masculine] (German), 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌸𐍃 (hundafaþs) [masculine] (Gothic), εκατόνταρχος (ekatóntarchos) [masculine] (Greek), κεντυρίων (kentyríon) [masculine] (Greek), שַׂר מֵאָה (sar meá) [masculine] (Hebrew), ceantúir [masculine] (Irish), centurione [masculine] (Italian), 百人隊長 (hyakunintaichō) (alt: ひゃくにんたいちょう) (Japanese), жүзбасы (jüzbasy) (Kazakh), centuriō [masculine] (Latin), keneturio (Maori), hundredmann (Old English), centúir [masculine] (Old Irish), θatapati- (Old Persian), صدبد (sadbod) (Persian), سروان (sarvân) (Persian), centurion [masculine] (Polish), centurião [masculine] (Portuguese), центурио́н (centurión) (Russian), centurión [masculine] (Spanish), centurion [common-gender] (Swedish), senturyon (Tagalog), центуріо́н (centurión) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'commander of a century of soldiers': 41 38 21

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "grc",
      "roman": "hekatóntarkhos",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "word": "ἑκατόνταρχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "sar meá",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שַׂר מֵאָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceantúir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "lang_code": "sga",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centúir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centurione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひゃくにんたいちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "hyakunintaichō",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "word": "百人隊長"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "jüzbasy",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "word": "жүзбасы"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centuriō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "word": "keneturio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "lang_code": "ang",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "word": "hundredmann"
    },
    {
      "code": "peo",
      "lang": "Old Persian",
      "lang_code": "peo",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "word": "θatapati-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "sadbod",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "word": "صدبد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "sarvân",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "word": "سروان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centurion"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centurião"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "centurión",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "word": "центурио́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centurión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "centurion"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "word": "senturyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "centurión",
      "sense": "commander of a century of soldiers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "центуріо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "lang_code": "bn",
      "roman": "śotokdhari",
      "sense": "cricket: player who scores a century",
      "word": "শতকধারী"
    }
  ],
  "word": "centurion"
}

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